Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

After running Microsoft for 25 years, Bill Gates handed the reins of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000. If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. They remain entrepreneurs. . 16 years later it’s just another software company.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

If you'd like to try your hand at being an entrepreneur inside one of the world's largest bureaucracies, you can apply right here starting today. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. I've excerpted descriptions of the program and summaries of all the projects below.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. we had about 25 firms contacting us – more than I could manage. Experienced and serial entrepreneurs in the content management space. At the end of this post I’ll tell you what he said.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Leadership and Managing >. Quality Manager Job Description. Quality Manager Job Description. Recruitment Manager Job Description. Finance | Tuesdays. Tools & Research.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

Each of the SBIC funds were raised in the 2000 – 2002 time period. ” So, while Apple, Costco, and FedEx benefited, the PR would be more credible if the SBIC was trumpeting iconic companies created after 1990 or even 2000, especially where the lead investors (rather than follow on investors) had SBIC capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. But VC is like congress. It is changing.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. These days, start-up entrepreneurs like Parker do sometimes use equity not only to motivate key employees but also to help pay for consulting and other services. Copyright © 2000 inc.com.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

General simplified thought: The development, distribution and promotion of products and services to suit a specific audience in order to achieve business objectives. Unlike what many lay people believe it is neither about selling or advertising, and is much more about business management in totality.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Join others who code to change the world for the better and explore distributed computing, examine the confluence between businesses and technology, and debate the power of technology on urban development. Techweek brings together a mixture of entrepreneurs, visionaries, and thought leaders for a week-long celebration of all things tech.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

It eliminates my cost of distribution. ” And that turned into, at its culmination, the $2000 course kind of paradigm. And that’s something that should be really interesting to a lot on entrepreneurs. If you have a few dozen, or depending on your infrastructure 100, then you can manage that. I can hyperlink it.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Definitely not a positive sign for an aspiring entrepreneurs looking to venture into the e-Commerce business. Below are the mistakes that have cost aspiring entrepreneurs a huge amount of money. Does the photo look like something taken on a mobile phone from 2000? E-Commerce Business Stats: The reality check.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

My first startup job was as an early employee at PayPal, where I took a job at the end of ‘1999 and started a few months later in 2000. I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

I am convinced one of Joel Spolskys lasting contributions to the field of managing software teams will turn out to be the Joel Test , a checklist of 12 essential practices that you could use to rate the effectiveness of a software product development team. He wrote it in 2000, and as far as I know has never updated it.

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Up and Running

JUNE 12, 2015

This week, we discuss the Bplans article, 12 Signs You Need to Hire a Manager. Listen: Show notes: 12 Signs You Need to Hire a Manager – (:31). QUESTION: Do you have a story about adding a manager to your team? QUESTION: Do you have a story about adding a manager to your team? Tweet or email us with your answer.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Having worked in VC backed growth businesses for many years, I’m now changing seats and changing gear, looking forward to helping the best UK entrepreneurs succeed. I have real practical experience having worked in multiple high growth international startups and I hope to provide sound advice that will really help entrepreneurs succeed.

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View from Seed

JUNE 17, 2015

My first startup job was as an early employee at PayPal, where I took a job at the end of ‘1999 and started a few months later in 2000. I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Matt is an entrepreneur and the Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie. Matt is an entrepreneur and vice president of marketing and communications @ Matt Briel (01:02): lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie. 00:50): This is John Jantsch.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 3, 2012

Facebook and Google would be obvious choices for this, but so much has been written about each of them and they represent such special business models, I worried that it would be both hard for entrepreneurs to relate and hard for me to develop new insights. But the second year (2000) was simply astounding: nearly $90 million!

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Editor’s note: Robert Wiltbank, PhD , is a professor at Willamette University, where he and Wade Brooks run an angel investing fund managed by second-year MBA students. Their firsthand knowledge of creating new businesses and new markets seemed quite relevant to successfully investing in other entrepreneurs working to do the same.

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Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

My first startup job was as an early employee at PayPal, where I took a job at the end of ‘1999 and started a few months later in 2000. I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Jonathan Weinert is the Marketing Manager with Bosch eBike Systems. Then the key is to drive revenue on items the retailer either creates or controls the distribution channel. Focus on sales where you create or control the distribution.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

And then we also looked at our operations and said, "We have a footprint across the US that can produce and distribute millions of meals every week, fresh meals to 400 cities and towns at incredibly affordable prices given the way we have cost optimized our footprint and our program." You're going to be tired anyway.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) they are all chasing talent.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Jonathan Weinert is the Marketing Manager with Bosch eBike Systems. Then the key is to drive revenue on items the retailer either creates or controls the distribution channel. Focus on sales where you create or control the distribution.

North America 60

North America Iowa America Community 60

Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 17, 2017

Since 2000, the number of IBD shops has almost been cut in half. Jonathan Weinert is the Marketing Manager with Bosch eBike Systems. Then the key is to drive revenue on items the retailer either creates or controls the distribution channel. Focus on sales where you create or control the distribution.

North America 60

North America Iowa America Community 60

Reid Hoffman

JULY 8, 2019

This key principle is one that many would-be change-makers – be they product managers or philanthropists – overlook. In the late 1980s, she began her career at Microsoft as a product manager and helped turn Word, Encarta, and Expedia into consumer mainstays. After all, great product managers are typically great user understanders.

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Senegal Malawi Silicon Valley Global 28

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 4, 2017

So, no project can have fewer than, say, three people dedicated to it, plus people management and possibly some form of Product or Project Management. Managing 10,000 virtual servers in the Cloud Era sounds easy. Recruiting. Employee #2 will join a startup for the experience. Technology & Infrastructure. Risk-mitigation.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

How do you deal with a severely uneven distribution of investment success between individuals or groups of partners? While this is a key driver to the downfall of great VC firms, there are also small handful of examples of firms that have managed generational succession sometimes many times over.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. If you don’t manage what is said about you in social networks it could be detrimental. The Past (1985-2002).

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Unfortunately, either information asymmetry or physical distances and the resulting distribution costs can both cut against the economic advantages that would otherwise arise for all. In 2000, Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr founded StubHub , a secondary ticket exchange marketplace. As a result, productivity naturally improves.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com.

Silicon Valley 42

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you’re an Entrepreneur, you can do it from any place in the world. How important is education when I know I want to be an entrepreneur? When you are a young entrepreneur and you have a project (say a new age TV show) and you need to raise capital for the project. If you’re a young entrepreneur, than congrats!

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We’d previously highlighted the top startup failure post-mortems of all-time here (32 in total) written by a group of startup entrepreneurs gracious enough to share their lessons learned from their startup’s failure. In the post-mortem of Kiko, Mahesh Piddshetti writes : Most entrepreneurs have lots of ideas.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Management. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. » More. Real Estate. Accounting.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

William Hsu is the co-founder and managing partner of MuckerLab. Investment stopped, and entrepreneurs focused on other categories. It turns out that network effects can be broken – Amazon and StubHub took on eBay in the mid 2000’s. Entrepreneur Insider Analysis and Opinion How-To''s' Leverage influencers for liquidity.

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